Hat-marker.



No. 734,043. PATBNTED JULY 21, 1903'.

E. A. BURT & H. HARRIS. HAT MARKER.

APPLICATION TILED OCT. 12,.1901.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 21, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ELI A. BURT, or BROOKLYN, SAND HERMEN HARRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-MARKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 734,043, dated July 21, 1903. Application filed October 12, 1901. Serial No. 78,463. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, ELI A. BURT, of Brooklyn, Kings county, and HERMEN HARRIS, of New York, in the county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Markers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact'description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improvement in hat-markers, the object of the invention being to provide a hat-marker which can be readily and quickly attached to the sweatband of a hat without injury to the latter and which will be securely held in place, but permit of its easy removal when desired.

A further'object is to provide a hat-mark which will be simple in construction, neat in appearance, and cheap to manufacture and which can be quickly attached to a sweatband without the employment of tools.

With these objects in View the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View illustrating the marker secured to the sweat-band of a hat. Fig. 2 is a view of the inside of the sweat-band, showing the marker attached. Fig. 3 is a View of the marker before its attachment to the hat, and Fig. 4 is a view of a modified form of marker.

1 represents the ordinary sweat-band ofa hat having its free edge turned back and glued or sewed, forming a narrow flange or seam 2 on the inner face of the band.

Ourv improved marker comprises a metal plate 3, preferably of aluminium, ornamented in any desired manner, and having a letter stamped or otherwise formed thereon. To one end of plate 3 an integral tongue 4 is provided and preferably connected to the plate by a contracted neck 5 to facilitate bending the tongue at the proper place. This tongue 4 is made with a V-shaped slit and the metal depressed between said slit forming a triangular and sharp tooth 6, which when the marker is secured on the sweat-band by bending the tongue 4 over the free edge thereof will be disposed behind the flange or seam 2 and absolutely prevent the accidental removal 0 the marker.

If no flange or seam is formed on the hat sweat-band, the sharp tooth 6 will prevent withdrawal of the marker by its sharp engagement with the inner face of the band. In addition to this tooth 6 we might slit the edges of the tongue to form additional teeth 7, as shown in Fig. 4. These teeth 7 when the tongue is bent engage the band 1 behind the flange or seam 2 and assist in preventing the escape of the marker.

The marker is stamped, preferably, and is of thin malleable metal, the letter and ornamentation thereon being preferably embossed,

and the metal being pliable enough to permit the ready bending of the tongue with the fingers, hence obviating the necessity of tools or puncturing or otherwise injuring the band to permit its attachment.

Various other slight changes might be resorted to in the general form and arrangement of the several parts described without depart.- ing from our invention, and hence we would have it understood that we do not wish to limit ourselves to the precise details set forth,

but consider on rselves at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

.A hat-marker made in a single piece and comprising a body portion, a tongue, a bendable neck connecting the tongue with the body portion, a fixed tooth projecting from the tongue and adapted to engage a flange on the sweat-band of a hat without passing through the latter and lugs projecting from said tongue adjacent to the neck.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELI A. BURT. [L. s.] HERMEN HARRIS. [L. 8.] Witnesses:

W. CyJonlvsolv, J. E. LAMBERT. 

